Ranji Trophy: Orissa go down fighting to Bihar

Orissa put up good fight before losing to Bihar by three wickets on the last day of their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur today. This was the fifth defeat in seven Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa against Bihar.

Notwithstanding the defeat, three players of the Orissa team put up impressive performance. Pacer Santanu Satpathy bagged 10 wickets in the match, including six in the second innings. Allrounder NN Swamy was the top scorer in the first innings with an unbeaten 44 and claimed a total of five wickets. BS Alva scored a half-century in the second essay.

Put into bat, Orissa were all out for 119. In reply, Bihar made 202 to take a first-innings lead of 83 runs. In the second innings, Orissa compiled 195, thus setting a victory target of 113 before Bihar. The home team, of course made heavy weather of the chase, but romped home eventually, losing seven wickets in the process. Wicket-keeper S S Misra and batsman Madan Mohan Mohanty made their first-class debut for Orissa.

SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 19):

ORISSA (1st innings): N Subba Rao c Nandy b Das 4, +SS Misra c Sanyal b Roy 4, B Jena c Chakravarthy b Das 2, BS Alva c Pichamuthu b Roy 19, *SS Patnaik b Roy 8, NN Swamy not out 40, Madan Mohan Mohanty c Sinha b Roy 0, KS Ranganna c Bhandari b Patel 21, SK Satpathy run out 16, ND Bardhan c Das b Bose 2, DS Murthy c Nandy b Sinha 0; Extras 3
Total (all out, 40.1 overs) 119
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-10, 3-10, 4-30, 5-42, 6-42, 7-86, 8-110, 9-118, 10-119
Bihar bowling: Das 8-0-30-2, Roy 15-7-32-4, Bose 10-3-28-1, Patel 3-0-19-1, Sinha 4.1-1-7-1.

BIHAR (1st innings): DV Pichamuthu c Satpathy b Bardhan 9, S Sanyal c & b Swamy 33, K Chakravarthy c Misra b Bardhan 5, PN Bhandari b Satpathy 49, *S Das b Swamy 18, S Nandy b Swamy 9, +VS Rangarajan c Swamy b Satpathy 19, SS Patel b Satpathy 7, S Sinha not out 34, RP Roy b Satpathy 6, BK Bose b Swamy 1; Extras 12
Total (all out, 71.3 overs) 202
Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-31, 3-58, 4-93, 5-124, 6-133, 7-148, 8-169, 9-185, 10-202
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 26-7-64-4, Bardhan 20-2-65-2, Murthy 10-2-18-0, Swamy 14.3-2-33-4, Alva 1-0-10-0.

ORISSA (2nd innings): MM Mohanty b Roy 4, +SS Misra b Das 6, B Jena run out 23, BS Alva c & b Roy 51, *SS Patnaik c Patel b Bose 8, N Subba Rao c Bhandari b Sinha 10, NN Swamy c Das b Bose 4, KS Ranganna lbw b Das 44, SK Satpathy not out 27, ND Bardhan run out 0, DS Murthy run out 0; Extras 18
Total (all out, 85.3 overs) 195
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-14, 3-69, 4-98, 5-104, 6-113, 7-126, 8-191, 9-191, 10-195
Bihar bowling: Das 18-6-42-2, Roy 15-5-37-2, Bose 24.3-7-40-2, Patel 9-2-12-0, Sinha 8-1-13-1, Bhandari 3-0-11-0, Chakravarthy 7-3-14-0, Sanyal 1-0-8-0.

BIHAR (2nd innings): DV Pichamuthu b Satpathy 0, S Sanyal c Satpathy b Swamy 17, K Chakravarthy b Satpathy 29, PN Bhandari c Misra b Satpathy 12, *S Das b Satpathy 33, S Nandy b Satpathy 6, +VS Rangarajan not out 4, S Sinha b Satpathy 0, SS Patel not out 6; Extras 7
Total (7 wickets, 36.3 overs) 114
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-24, 3-44, 4-95, 5-102, 6-102, 7-108
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 17.3-6-53-6, Bardhan 4-1-5-0, Murthy 1-0-3-0, Swamy 14-4-46-1.